Qin Ban

"Whose family's carriage is so luxurious?" There were people coming and going at the gate of Cuihuyuan, and many people started chatting with others before they got in.The person who spoke was a scholar. He saw a luxurious carriage driving towards Cuihu Garden from the west from a distance. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Could it be the Chen family's car?"

"How does the Chen family's car look like this? Although this car looks luxurious, it doesn't look ostentatious. It's just like the Chen family's merchant family. What kind of habits do you not know, brother Zhang? This joke is a bit funny It's gone." The person who was talking to him had been chatting with him before, and he was also a frequent visitor to Green Lake Garden. This Green Lake Garden is well-known, so it is naturally a place where these wealthy people often come.For example, those carriages who often come to Cuihuyuan probably know each other, but now suddenly there is someone unfamiliar, although he doesn't know who it is, he can tell the scholar with the surname Zhang directly, so don't guess.

The scholar surnamed Zhang thought about it, and it was the same reason.Then he tapped his head with the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "This is true. Oh, then I really wonder when Xiushui has such a character." His neck stretched slightly in that direction Going out, although the movement is not big, but among these scholars who like to pretend to be gentle on weekdays, it can already be regarded as a big breakthrough.It can be seen how curious this scholar named Zhang is.

The speed of the carriage was not fast, but between the bumps, it took only a moment to reach the gate of Cuihu Garden from where the scholar could see.The first ones to get off from the carriage were, of course, two young servants, namely Fu Man and Fu Quan, followed by Qin Cai.Then Qin Cai went to help Qin Ban and let him get off the car.

When Fu Man Fu Quan got off the carriage, the people who peeked over at the door felt that he was extraordinary and not like ordinary people. When Qin Cai got off the carriage, many people thought that this was probably the rightful owner.But at this moment, the curtain of the car was lifted again, and a pair of white hands first appeared in everyone's sight, and then, unlike those girls who were twitching and pinching, the curtain was quickly pulled open, and everyone looked at each other. Dai Yuguan's handsome face just broke into everyone's sight.Those eyes scanned the surroundings, obviously they hadn't made an expression yet, but their eyes were flowing, and many people lost their souls.

"Master, be careful." Qin Cai carefully supported Qin Ban's hand, and then reminded him to be careful on his feet.

Qin Ban is not a delicate person, but this is the first time he has formally attended this kind of occasion, and there is still a need for proper ostentation.Only then did the scene where Qin Cai reminded him to be careful appeared.

"Hey, Master Qin is here!" The people around were still a little confused because of Qin Ban's appearance and demeanor, they came back to their senses a little faster, and some asked in a low voice who it was.But before anyone who knew him could answer his question, he was informed of the identity of the visitor by the voice of the bustard.

Logically speaking, Qin Ban has been in Xiushui for a while. Although he doesn't move around often, he has handled two major cases and dealt with a lot of official documents. There was also the matter of the nobleman coming twice before. not known.But the people who came today, such as Chen Qian and the merchants, have all entered inside first, and few common people can come to participate in this kind of activity.Only these scholars who are not very high status but can be invited, love to stand at the door and chat. Excuse, catch up with the conversation.But on weekdays, these scholars seldom care about gossip. It is not easy to obtain fame and fame.That's how it is today.

Qin Ban didn't answer the old bustard's words, but just nodded, then Qin Cai and Fu Manfuquan opened the way, and the group of people had already entered the Green Lake Garden before those people could react.When the bustard was leading the way, he said with a beaming face: "Oh, we Qianqiu, but we have been waiting for Master Qin for a long time. When Master Qin left last time, Qianqiu came to a realization for a long time. This time, I heard that Master Qin is willing to Come here to show your face, Qianqiu is as happy as I just saw him, he looks like a child." The last time Qin Ban left, both Qianqiu and the old bustard were terrified for a long time, because Qin Ban Although he didn't say anything when he left, his expression was definitely not good.Do you remember that they didn't talk about it? What if you blame them?Look at how many merchants as big as the Wang family have been treated so miserably, and even the alliance of these merchants has been broken. This Lord Qin is definitely not an ordinary person.Fortunately, they didn't blame them afterwards, but because they didn't blame them, they began to wonder if they could still climb to such a big tree as Qin Ban.

What the old bustard said was a set pattern. In short, he wanted to explain that what happened last time was that their hospitality was not good enough, and the point is that Qianqiu misses Qin Ban so much.After listening to this, any fool knows what it means.

Qin Cai glanced at the old bustard dissatisfied, nothing happened to their young master and that Qianqiu.It was the first time for this young master to officially appear in front of so many scholars and so on. After hearing such words, they might think that their young master is just so greedy for beauty.Besides, from his point of view, the one named Qianqiu is no different from a woman. Just talking about appearance, it is definitely incomparable with their young master. Then Liu An is also much better than him, anyway. Seeing Liu An is much more comfortable.Probably in Qin Cai's eyes, their young master's appearance is the best, and then Liu An is really good-looking, and he can't be found for a hundred or eighty miles away.

☆, banquet

"Master Qin!" Of course, people like Chen Qian knew about Qin Ban's arrival early on, so generally speaking, they would step on the last few who arrived, and today they all waited early. Green Bamboo Garden, thinking that it would be the first to speak to Qin Ban.Before, they had already offended Qin Ban because of the affairs of the Wang family. These businessmen were very transparent in their thinking.So today they are all determined to at least let Qin Ban know that they don't want to fight with Qin Ban anymore.No, after seeing Qin Ban enter the door from a distance, all these gentlemen who had been ignoring people before all stood up and walked towards Qin Ban, with a very low posture: " I don't know if Mr. Qin can do us a favor?"

Putting on airs, Qin Ban looked at these people amusedly, and sometimes really admired their resilience.With a wave of the folding fan in his hand, Qin Ban patted his sleeves seemingly unharmed, and then spoke to these individuals with a slight smile: "You don't have to look like this, anyway, they are all people of status. I’m a person who doesn’t like to obey the rules. I’m happy when people respect me, and those who don’t like me lose face on the spot, but it’s good that I don’t hold grudges.” Although there is no express forgiveness in the words, But not holding grudges shows that there is still room for buffering things.

Sometimes, you can't be unreasonable.He, Qin Ban, can't compare to these people in the time he stayed in this place. Instead of fighting them to death, and then getting exhausted, it's better to take a step back. As long as they are sensible, they don't have to beat them. They can't make it body.

Those merchants originally only wanted to tell Qin Ban their attitude, but they didn't expect that the Master Zhizhou, who was so ruthless before, would save face for them now. How could he not be grateful for this?A group of people surrounded Qin Ban and were about to sit on the main seat.In the past, due to the Wang family's reasons, the Chen family's Wang family did not discuss the main seat and the second seat respectively, but now that the Wang family has collapsed, Qin Ban's first position on the other side has become a problem.In the end, Liu Jia sat down directly.Although the Liu family is not the most prestigious, at least he was the second to withdraw from Wang Fu's previous incident. This alone has already established his position.

Qian Qiu was still upstairs picking out clothes and dressing up, but after picking up Qin Ban, the bustard immediately let people watch the door, and ran up by herself.Seeing that Qianqiu was dawdling again, he wiped Qianqiu's face with a handkerchief, and said in a hurry: "Oh, my little ancestor, why do you always let Mr. Qin wait for you? Look Look, I told you to go and wait, but now Master Qin is here, what are you still dawdling about?"

It is not suitable for men to bring those flowers and flowers, but there are also gold, silver and jade articles as accessories. Qianqiu was originally thinking about whether it is better to wear this gold hairpin or jade hairpin today.Hearing the old bustard's words at this moment, he was also anxious. He himself prefers golden hairpins, and thinks that this kind of rich and flamboyant ones are worthy of him, but he thought of how Qin Ban is also a scholar. Seeing him these few times, he feels like a fairy. Feiran wanted to wear the jade one again, and thought Qin Ban would like it more.But if the jade is too inconspicuous, wouldn't it look good?Being really undecided, he turned his eyes to the procuress for help, and then coquettishly asked: "Mom, which hairpin do you think I should wear today?"

The old bustard carefully looked at the two hairpins on the table, and then decisively chose the jade one: "That's it, I don't need everyone to look at you, you can see the details of the hairpin if you are close to Mr. Qin, as long as Mr. Qin likes to take care of other things." people?"

After all, the old bustard is someone who has been there, and he solved Qianqiu's lingering problem at a glance.This golden hairpin is pretty, but I don't think Qin Ban will like it just by looking at it.Although the jade hairpin is a bit plain, it is better because the carving is good. It may not be eye-catching from a distance, but it is still very beautiful when viewed up close.This Qianqiu is of course the closest to Qin Ban, as long as Qin Ban likes to hug this thick thigh, it doesn't matter whether others think Qianqiu is pretty or not.

In fact, what Qin Ban doesn't want to see the most now is Qianqiu.After all, even though Liu An was not around, he had promised Liu An to stay away from that Qianqiu, but he was still outside. When Qianqiu came towards him, he still smiled meaningfully laugh.Qin Cai seemingly inadvertently kicked a stool to a place a little farther away from Qin Ban. These seats are for the little prostitutes who came to accompany him.The stool was placed well, and there was no inconvenient position. Although Qianqiu walked over and glanced at Qin Cai with a twinkle in his eyes, he stretched out his hand to pull the stool closer.He had no choice but to sit in a position where he couldn't be close to Qin Ban.But it was not easy for Mei Yu to tease and laugh without a trace of embarrassment.

Today is a banquet, and you can smell the strong aroma of wine when you come.There was some food on the table, and it was not time for the meal, but the wine was set up early.Qianqiu sat close to Qin Ban, so he naturally took a jug at this time, and carefully poured wine for Qin Ban: "My lord, this is the best Sophora japonica wine, it is made by the Wangpo wine shop in the south of the city. Drinking it can not only quench your thirst, but also invigorate your blood and nourish your body, and the wine has a clear fragrance and the scent of Sophora japonica. There are not many produced every year, except for the annual banquet, it is not easy to drink it normally." He knew Qin Ban was not familiar with Xiushui, so he explained it to Qin Ban very considerately.Part of the wine at this reception was brought by those who came to the party because they thought their own wine was good.Most of them were obtained from famous wines from various famous wine shops and restaurants in Xiushui.Now with his explanation, Qin Ban gradually became familiar with it.

"This wine is good, it is fragrant and elegant, not intoxicating." Qin Ban had already drunk a lot of wine, and the glass in his hand happened to be poured by Qian Qiu just now, saying that it was peach blossom wine from Liu's residence.In contrast, this peach blossom wine should be more suitable for women or people who are not strong enough to drink. He took a sip and then turned to Liu Jia, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Master Liu to be good at drinking?"

Liu Jia smiled faintly, he was quite close to Qin Ban, there was only a thousand years between him, Qian Qiu saw that the two were about to talk, so he leaned back a little with a wink, just in time Liu Jia would be able to talk to Qin Ban directly He said with a straight face: "Where is it? It's just that I can't drink too much. The wine bought outside is too fierce. I get drunk after only a few sips, so I thought about brewing something drinkable." It's not a secret that Liu Jia has poor drinking ability.When he said it, most of the people who heard it on the side made fun of him.He also said that Liu Jia was the kind of person who obviously wanted to make things easier for him, but ended up becoming famous.The peach blossom wine in his house is delicious, but the quantity is not large, most of them are the women of their family who like to drink it, and they order it from the Liu family in private.Because of all kinds of jokes, the atmosphere was actually pretty good for a while.

☆, banquet (lower middle)

"It's so boring to just drink and eat food. There are so many of us here, so we must have something more elegant?" Because of the venue, the banquet in Cuihuyuan didn't have the kind of separation of people in circles. opened.Although everyone consciously found people in their own circle to sit together, but in the end it was just that the tables were different.At this time, a scholar-like person beside Qin Ban was speaking, and because of the loud voice, they could hear them very clearly.

For example, these merchants, outside of Liu Jia, are all people who are full of ink and can't be sure.On weekdays, they mostly read the account books, and it would be the most naked embarrassment for them to reciting poems and writing correctly.Usually, they don't come to poetry and ci events, and those who come to this kind of reception, music, and so on are also very cheeky and don't go to these things.After all, their intention is to curry favor with these wealthy families. If you propose a matter that others can't participate in in front of people's face, isn't it just looking for trouble?But the difference today lies in Qin Ban.The former Zhizhou will also participate in these banquets, but everyone knows how much that person has. This new Zhizhou just now, many of them have found out that they are from the capital, and they heard that they are Tanhualang Even though he came to Xiushui now, his relationship with the senior officials in the capital is still very good.Then their business will come.

The scholar who proposed this is actually a self-willed temperament, consciously his literary talent is unmatched, in fact, he failed every time in the exam, and now he is in his forties, and he is just a scholar.Speaking of his literary talents, when Qin Ban was helping to select Mr. Qi Wei, he also passed through Xiushui and other talents. This person's name is Wang Shi, and his literary talents are really quite a bit, but he hasn't seen any outstanding ones. , coupled with the extremely poor psychological quality, every time it comes to the exam, the literary talent that was originally not outstanding is still suppressed in this way, and it is considered lucky to be a scholar.If it were someone else, it would be like Mr. Qi Wei, who would accept a student or something when life was difficult, but this Wang Shi was so stubborn that he not only refused to accept an apprentice, but also insisted on proving himself to others. There are two collections of poetry out of my own pocket.

Wang Shi's knowledge is better than Mr. Qi Wei's, but Qin Ban feels that his family is not considered rich, and now that he is not working hard and does not distinguish between five grains, and is getting older, he does not want to support his family do it.In order to save face, he not only spent the family property left by his parents for him, but also sold many shops and land at home, and used his wife's dowry.This kind of person's character, even if he is willing to accept apprentices, it is not suitable for Qi Qi.So just flip over.

And Wang Shi came up with such an idea now, purely because he felt that he had not been admitted to Juren with such a good literary talent, but Qin Ban looked at a young man with a greasy face, how could he look like a scholar?To put it bluntly, it is pure jealousy.I thought that if I could compare Qin Ban this time, I would definitely be able to look good. He is even more powerful than Tan Hualang. For the third collection of poems, he asked his family to get money, and they couldn't tell. What's wrong with him.

"Master Qin is a prodigy. Businessmen like us don't want to join in the fun if they don't know much. But Master Qin can go and have fun, so that these scholars know the difference between themselves." It was Chen Qian who spoke. Normally, they would definitely feel that the scholar didn't know what to do, but now that Qin Ban was born as a literati, of course he likes these elegant things.Even if it seems that they are very unqualified and just a companion, if Qin Ban is willing, there is nothing wrong with it.

The proposal that was originally thought to be unstoppable was unexpectedly accepted by many people.Seeing that these merchants stopped talking, those literati who originally liked these things were of course reconsidered.A few people had the same thought in their hearts as Wang Shi, they were jealous of Qin Ban's youth and promise, but most of them only wanted to see how far the gap between Tanhualang and them was.If you study well, you will be overjoyed if you can get Master Qin's favor because of your performance.

The blue eyes here refer to those who are favored by Qin Ban and feel that they have a future, and then give advice, or provide convenience in money and other places.There are many wealthy families in Dasui who will do this kind of behavior.After all, if this person has received your favor, and then passed the entrance examination, then he can be regarded as your person.If there is any need for convenience, only a few white-eyed wolves are not happy.This method is similar to that of those examiners who mark the papers, they will accept some students who they think are excellent, and then they will be honored as teachers.It can also be regarded as one aspect, be kind to others and get good luck.

"Oh, I'm not good at poetry." Qin Ban said euphemistically.

"Could it be that Mr. Qin doesn't like us poor scholars?" Wang Shi's voice was abrupt, and just by hearing it, he knew he was here to find fault.It is not a matter of a day or two for him to be conceited. He is defiant and offended many people.But this person still can't learn his lesson. Those who offended those who didn't give him good looks, he felt that others were narrow-minded and jealous of his talent, or they were blind and couldn't recognize his talent.

Qin Ban looked at this stupid man amusedly, then tapped his fan, and said, "There's nothing to dislike, anyway, you and I shouldn't talk about it together, should we?" No matter from which point of view, What he said was not wrong.Besides, this Wang Shi must attract a lot of poor students, but he has specifically mentioned in his words that it is himself and Wang Shi, so it is not considered an offense.

Not to mention others, those who had disliked Wang Shi for a long time, as well as Qin Cai and Fu Manfu all felt that Qin Ban's words were simply domineering.

"That's that, that's that." Chen Qian was also a casual person, and he was the first to react and speak.

Wang Shi's face was ashen, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence: "My lord, don't you dare?"

"Why don't you dare? I'm just saying that I'm not very good at it, but it should be more than enough compared to you. Sometimes people have to be more modest, but it's really unprepared to meet people who don't understand. When Qin Ban spoke, he was full of confidence. He was not good at speaking, but compared with other aspects, after all, poetry is also a part of the imperial examination, no matter how you say it, it will not be far behind.Only a fool like Wang Shi would come up and make people slap him in the face.

☆、Banquet (Part [-])

When it comes to face slapping, Qin Ban never finds it troublesome.You said that people have stepped on your head like this and acted wildly, so it seems a bit unreasonable to keep silent?

For a moment, the atmosphere in Cuihuyuan became very awkward.Many people think that Wang Shi is just looking for trouble. You said that a good banquet is a very happy thing. When the big guys get together, they are all face-to-face people who eat, drink and chat. How good is clinging to clinging to feelings?You have to make such a move, not to mention that if Wang Shi can't compare to Mr. Qin's face, so what if he is lucky?Apart from being remembered by Mr. Zhizhou in his heart and being regarded as a loser by everyone present, he, Wang Shi, would not be able to push Mr. Zhizhou to become that Tanhualang.

If those ordinary people just thought that Wang Shi was out of his mind, then those people like Chen Qian who wanted to curry favor with Qin Ban hated Wang Shi even more.Chen Qian winked at Qianqiu who was sitting on the side, then poured a glass of wine himself first and said: "Master Qin's literary talent is naturally beyond words, if I am lucky enough to meet you today, it is not in vain, then Qin If my lord doesn't have this kind of elegance, is it possible that this person, who is only a scholar so far, can be questioned if he refuses to accept it?"

What Chen Qian said was quite harsh, meaning that no matter what, Qin Ban's abilities were placed there.You are a scholar, so you are not qualified to speak.Comparing or not, it's all in Qin Ban's mood.

"Hmph." Qin Cai hadn't spoken yet, Fuquan was the most restless of the three of them, and at this moment he snorted first.Before he could say that their young master was able to read books at the age of three and write poems at the age of five, and when he was famous in the capital, this scholar might not even have a child, Qin Ban stopped him, and said by himself: "Originally, I didn't want to compete with you, but after all, I'm also Xiushui's parent officer. If I don't teach you, if I walk out at this level, others will definitely think that we Xiushui scholars are like this. That's unreasonable, you know, One mouse dropping can ruin a whole pot of porridge." He straightened his sleeves, and then easily put the folding fan in his hand aside, as if he was ready.

Looking at Wang Shi's ashen face and tightly gripping hands, it was as if seeing the killing of his father and enemy, which became a huge contrast. Before this started, many people began to boo Wang Shi.Is this still worth comparing?You can tell just by looking at his demeanor, look at Wang Shi, how can he still look like a scholar?

"Then, then you have answered everything, and Lord Qin will come up with the question first!" When Wang Shi spoke, he stuttered, which made people find it funny.

After hearing what he said, Qin Ban didn't say anything about humility. From his point of view, he was an official no matter what he said. The competition with Wang Shi this time, to put it a little harshly, was because he was bored. To play with him.As a person in a high position, he deserves special treatment.Besides, this question is for each person, so what does it matter sooner or later: "How can I say today is a banquet, since it is held in Cuihu Garden, how about admiring the beauties in Cuihu Garden?" After finishing speaking, Qin Ban even purposely squeezed Qianqiu's chin with his hand, which made people feel the word romantic and suave. He was full of the first two, and his face turned red.

In fact, Qin Ban simply humiliated Wang Shi, huh, literati?Although it is said that many of the names in Cuihuyuan were chosen by the old bustard from scholars, but he Qin Ban can guarantee that with Wang Shi's personality, among so many names, he definitely does not have his handwriting.Because his aloofness will make him feel that this is a very shameful thing, simply put, he doesn't like it.In front of so many people, Wang Shi couldn't bear to refuse, because it would make the onlookers think he couldn't, but if he accepted, he would feel insulted again, which is really disgusting Wang Shi.

Sure enough, after Qin Ban finished speaking, Wang Shi's originally confident face changed.Not to mention the old red, it was still blue.People who don't know probably think that this person is sick or has eaten something bad.That Wang Shi said angrily: "Master Qin thinks that he is inferior, and then uses this method to humiliate me?"

"Well, you are right in the second half of the sentence." Qin Ban didn't care what Wang Shi said at all, just looked at him with a smile.Anyway, the angrier Wang Shi is now, the happier he is Qin Ban.Although he also feels that he is not the kind of person who is particularly difficult to get along with, it doesn't mean that anyone can bully him.It was those merchants before, but now it is such a scholar.He doesn't mind taking sex one by one slowly, isn't it just a little bit of effort?Anyway, Xiushui stayed for such a long time, he had nothing else, he still had plenty of time.

Fu Manfuquan saw that Wang Shi's flushed face had turned into a pig's liver because of Qin Ban's answer, and he felt it was very funny.If Qin Cai hadn't seen the shaking of the shoulders of the two of them and patted them in time, he might have burst out laughing uncontrollably.

Fu Man Fuquan is Qin Ban's servant, it's not polite for them to laugh, so they have to bear it.But other people don't need it.When Qin Ban mentioned the topic at the beginning, they felt that Master Zhizhou was really good at tricks. What stupid people can think of is that Master Zhizhou simply cleaned up Wang Shi who offended them so quietly, which is really amazing .The smarter one is that Qin Ban knew what kind of person Wang Shi was, and why he could grasp the point that Wang Shi valued the most at once, and then thought that Master Qin had already taken their The bottom line is so clear.It's just horrible.

"How is it? Compare?" Qin Ban looks good-looking, but his actions at this time would only feel aggressive if done by another person.But when it came to Qin Ban, it seemed very pleasing to the eye.It's as if everything is under his control, and he looks confident, which makes people feel as if he really believes that he can crush you as long as he wants to.

"I! A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated! It's just a competition like this, it doesn't matter if you don't compete!" Wang Shi was dissatisfied, and felt that this was Qin Ban's intentional problem to humiliate him.It's not that he is inferior to Qin Ban, but he has the backbone to fight for face.

Qin Ban felt that this Wang Shi was also ridiculous, grinned at the corner of his mouth, and said casually: "This person is divided into three classes. The first class has skills but no temper; the second class has skills but has a temper; the bottom class has no skills. , big temper."

Wang Shi felt ashamed, so of course he left first.

The banquet after that was actually really good. Wang Shi made a fuss, and he left by himself, and he also used this to suppress those thorny people who like to make troubles.No one dared to touch Qin Ban's bad luck, so he was naturally honest.This Qin Ban is the highest among this group of people, apart from being toasted with more wine and having a little more people to curry favour, there is really no harm in other things.

"The past is the past, so don't mention it if I don't tell you. I don't like to hold grudges, and I can't stand people whispering reminders in my ears." This is what Qin Ban said before he left. For those merchants who have been anxious for a long time.

In the final analysis, these people are also his people, apart from others, could it be possible that he could beat them all to death?So what has become of Xiushui, which mainly focuses on business?The reason why they were ruthless at the beginning was that they obeyed the discipline obediently. Only after obeying the discipline, could they bring the whole Xiushui to prosperity together in a balanced and restrictive environment.